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65nm CPUs from AMD in 2006
”Last year AMD signed a $50 million agreement with Soitec to supply 200mm and 300mm Unibond wafers, but afterwards rejected plans to commence volume manufacturing using 65nm process technology at its Fab 36, even though it decided to use 300mm wafers for 90nm production lines at the same manufacturing facility.”
AMD will also start using larger 300mm wafers for CPU production, which allows for more room to spread chips on and will result in not only less power consumption, but a decrease in overall cost too. AMD has taken some flack for high chip prices in 2004 and 2005, perhaps now we will see a drop in the prices of the most popular chips using the newer process.
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This is good news for AMD and its fans. Congrats to them, even though I am an Intel fan. I respect AMDs advancements and hope that Intel will come through for us fans.
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will the 65nm be on the AM2?this is good for amd, now there in the same league as intel as far as prossinh cores
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YEAH GO AMD i've been an oldschool AMD fan since the chomper chips came out. i'd like to see a drop in 939 prices and i'd like to see some new stuff from AMD i think they've been saving some stuff for this new socket. good things will come from AMD in 2006 just you wait...
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Mmm! Makes me want to wait to get a new computer -- but if they are released around September-November, we'll have them in February here.
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Nothing but good news. Hopefully the lower heat will result in even better possibilites for overclocking.
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wooohooo!!!!!! AMD rocks the boat!!!!!! They just keep getting better and better these days. AMD is going to make 2006 the best year in the Tech Industry, and we should all be very excited about their Technology, and product line.
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I guess this is going for the AM2 socket, so it looks like AMD will start to abandon socket 939. Although the hardcore enthusiasts may upgrade their entire system (or at least their mobo, processor, and memory) once a year, the rest of us who can't afford to do so may best wait and see until the new socket and processor come out. And don't forget this new processor line with 65 nm is supposed to be cooler and cheaper too. Can we expect AMD's processors to get a sharp price decline in the future?
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AMD already have less power consumption than Intel by a fair margin, the 65nm CPUs would really be a sight to experience. AMD is already popular especially in the gaming crowd. Should the CPU prices really drop, it will do nothing but boost sales and revenues for AMD.
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Let's hope there's going to be discounts in the 939s, because I just built one and a better processor couldn't hurt.
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With electricity costs seeing close to a 40% or larger increase in my area over the past 6-8 months this interests me a lot. I'm the type of person who always has their computer running in the background performing tasks or idling for quick use. As a result it kills my electricity bill.This allows better yeilds for AMD in their dual core effort, lower power consumption resulting in lower heat output and lower electricity bills for the consumer.Lets just hope they dont run into any major issues with the new process as is typically the case toward the beginning.
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Well, nice to see AMD making that step to 65nm...I get excitied when I hear they're increasing their wafer sizes at the same time as shrinking the dies. Not only does it mean smaller, cooler, more efficient dual core setups. (I seriously doubt we'll se a single core variant on the new platform) But can anyone say quad-core? octa-core?Definately some exciting times on the horizon, especially with multithreaded applications and operating systems on the horizon. We're going to see computers doing things we never thought possible.
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^^What the hell happened there?
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nathan, that was a bit much. But anyway, less power consumption is good but not to the point where it cuts down on performance. Electricity is going up but thtat's because oil is.
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mmh, I wonder if amd moves to the 65nm, would it finally be able to compete with INtel's dual core's low power consumption yet good performance. So far, AMD has proven to be a great powerhouse, but the power consumption is still lacking intle's mobile' chip. If amd can get the same power usage as intel's mobile chip, then it would really be a great news.
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This is great news, especially for those who were hoping that prices would drop on the current AMD processors. I haven't noticed a substantial decrease in cost for 64-bit processors in nearly a year, so hopefully this will give the market that extra nudge it needs.
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I'll plan to upgrade when prices begin to fall. As for power consumption, it most probably could be good for lesser power consumption and most importantly; more power, more temperature!
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Good for AMD. This should silence all of the critics who have been saying Intel is starting to catch up to AMD in power usage.I am beginning to wonder how much smaller they can get, considering the dies have been smaller than a fingernail ever since the Thunderbirds came out at .18 microns aka 180nm. They just keep getting smaller and smaller... if they made a Pentium with today's manufacturing process itd probably be the size of a BB :o
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This may have something to do with that company AMD just paid 300 million to.
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